Ironman Distance Plus a Little Detour

Ironman Distance Plus a Little Detour

Across the Lake of Zurich: An IRONCOACH Swim Adventure What started as a plan to swim the full IRONMAN distance turned into something even better. Three IRONCOACH athletes and I met in Stäfa and set off across the Lake of Zurich at its widest point. When we reached...
Gravel Biking: Freedom and adventure on two wheels.

Gravel Biking: Freedom and adventure on two wheels.

Gravel Biking: The Perfect Mix of Endurance Training, Adventure, and Chilled Cycling Gravel riding combines the speed and efficiency of road cycling with the adventure and freedom of off-road riding. You’re not hammering a criterium, and you’re not...
Run Smarter: Running Form, Economy, and Durability

Run Smarter: Running Form, Economy, and Durability

Run Smarter: A Guide to Running Form, Economy, and Durability Practical guidance to help runners move better, go further, and stay injury‑free. Running looks simple: one foot in front of the other. No equipment, no technical barrier. Yet most new runners get injured...
Rapperswil 70.3 Course Recon

Rapperswil 70.3 Course Recon

Course Check Gone Fast In mid-April, a small group of Ironcoach athletes, joined by one guest, tested the bike and run course of the Rapperswil 70.3 🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️. The plan was to keep it easy… but as usual, the group dynamic had other ideas 😄. Instead of cruising in Zone...
Tapering and Race Preparation

Tapering and Race Preparation

Tips and Tricks for Tapering and Race Preparation You have done the work. Months of early mornings, long weekends, brick sessions, and careful nutrition. The fitness is built. Race week is not the time to add to it — it is the time to deliver it to the start line...
Pacing the Ironman Bike Leg

Pacing the Ironman Bike Leg

Why Wrong Pacing on the Bike Will Ruin your Run Picture the scene at kilometre 15 of the Ironman run. An athlete — well-trained, well-prepared, genuinely capable of a strong marathon — is shuffling. Legs gone. Energy gone. The race that looked so promising out of T2...